PLANTING 



I have a border, two and a half feet wide 

 and three hundred and fifty feet long, that 

 is a mass of bloom from the middle of May 

 until the last of September. 



It may give the reader a suggestion to 

 know its contents. Everything is in rows, 

 the only border in my garden where the 

 planting is done in this way. Along the 

 edge is Narcissus Poeticus; back of Narcis- 

 sus Poeticus a row of Sweet Williams, pink, 

 white and very dark red; back of the Sweet 

 Williams, Foxgloves; back of the Foxgloves, 

 Peonies and Hydraugea grandiflora planted 

 alternately; and back of these, a row of 

 Hollyhocks. About two feet behind this 

 border, a row of Rudbeckia (Golden Glow) 

 grows like a tall hedge. 



When Narcissus Poeticus has finished 

 blooming, the Peonies come on. Before the 

 last Peony has lost its petals, the Sweet 

 Williams (quite two feet high) are in blos- 

 som, and the Foxgloves (from three to four 

 feet high) begin to bloom, and last for a 



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